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2023 WPIAL Class 2A girls basketball championship breakdown: Shenango vs. Freedom
No. 1 Shenango vs. No. 2 Freedom 7 p.m. Thursday, Petersen Events Center On the air: Video livestream: TribHSSN.TribLive.com; Radio: WBVP (1230 AM), WBVP (99.3 FM), WMBA (1460 AM) WPIAL titles: Shenango 0; Freedom 0 Shenango (21-4) Coach: Ricci LaRocco Projected starting lineup No., Name, Ht., Cl., Pos. 12, Amara...
A-K Valley WPIAL basketball playoff capsules: Games for March 2, 2023
WPIAL basketball playoffs Girls Class 4A Third-place consolation 6-Highlands (16-8) at 4-Quaker Valley (16-8) 7 p.m. Thursday at Quaker Valley High School, Leetsdale Winner plays: District 10 runner-up in PIAA first round March 11 (site/time TBD) Loser plays: District 5/District 6 champion in PIAA first round March 11 (site/time TBD)...
Mt. Pleasant swimmers in position to collect more WPIAL gold
After capturing the program’s first WPIAL title last season, the Mt. Pleasant girls swim team hopes to defend its title beginning Thursday at Pitt’s Trees Pool. Last season, the Vikings had five titles and nine other medal-winning performances to lead them to their WPIAL title. This season, Mt. Pleasant returns...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 1, 2023: State playoff bids on the line
The first day of March gives us a day off between the semifinals and the start of the WPIAL basketball championship games. However, it is not a day off from district postseason action as the consolation games continue. There are eight boys games and two girls games on Wednesday. Of...
High school roundup for Feb. 28, 2023: Fox Chapel grabs PIAA playoff spot
Jefferson Moorefield-Brown scored 19 points to lead No. 11 Fox Chapel to a 64-45 victory over No. 12 McKeesport in the seventh-place game Tuesday night, claiming the WPIAL’s seventh and final spot in the PIAA playoff field in Class 5A. Caden Kaiser added 11 the Foxes (15-11). Aemond Knight and...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 28, 2023
High schools WPIAL playoffs Boys Class 6A Tuesday’s results Semifinals New Castle 58, Mt. Lebanon 41 Central Catholic 65, Upper St. Clair 41 Thursday’s schedule Third-place game Mt. Lebanon (16-8) vs. Upper St. Clair (15-9) Saturday’s schedule Championship New Castle (22-2) vs. Central Catholic (15-9) at Petersen Events Center, 7...
Northgate beats Bishop Canevin, earns 1st WPIAL finals trip since 1988
The other three teams still alive in the WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball semifinals Tuesday night had much more storied recent histories than sixth-seeded Northgate. Second-seeded Bishop Canevin had won the previous two WPIAL Class A championships. Aliquippa had been to the WPIAL semifinals six straight seasons and Greensburg Central...
Motivated Central Catholic slams Upper St. Clair to reach Class 6A title game
Same round, same venue, much different results for Central Catholic. A year after losing to Fox Chapel in the Class 6A semifinals at Peters Township, the Vikings relieved the bad memory, then created a new script as they soundly defeated Upper St. Clair at the same site Tuesday, 65-41, to...
South Fayette keeps repeat bid alive with dominant win over Woodland Hills
All season long, the South Fayette Lions have been beating to their own drum. The defending champs in Class 5A, the Lions have only lost twice all season. Those losses, to Class 6A Norwin and St. Thomas Aquinas from New Jersey, were by a combined four points. After another runaway...
Hot-shooting New Castle tops Mt. Lebanon, returns to WPIAL finals for 6th time in 7 years
The first quarter was too low-scoring for Isaiah Boice’s comfort, so the New Castle senior got to work. The Red Hurricanes’ top shooter started the second quarter with three 3-pointers in a row, consecutive shots that ignited the offense as top-seeded New Castle ran away with a 58-42 victory over...
Oakland Catholic drops McKeesport again to advance to Class 5A title game
Oakland Catholic continued to be McKeesport’s kryptonite Tuesday night. The second-seeded Eagles punched their ticket into the WPIAL Class 5A championship game by topping the third-seeded Tigers for the third time this season with a 58–51 win in the semifinal round Tuesday night at Gateway High School. With the win,...
Quentin Goode, Aliquippa overwhelm Greensburg Central Catholic in WPIAL Class 2A semis
“Cheese” turned a frown upside down. Junior 5-foot-9 guard Quentin Goode was tired of seeing Aliquippa lose in the WPIAL semifinals. The Quips had made five straight trips to the final four and came up short each time. But given a sixth opportunity, they made sure the slide was over...
North Catholic girls handle Highlands to earn another trip to WPIAL finals
There weren’t many secrets Tuesday at Gateway as section rivals North Catholic and Highlands met in a WPIAL Class 4A girls semifinal with a trip to Saturday’s championship game on the line. The sixth-seeded Golden Rams hoped the third time would be the charm after the No. 2 Trojanettes took...
Blackhawk steps up, drops rival Quaker Valley to return to WPIAL championship game
The last time Blackhawk played Quaker Valley, Quinn Borroni went off for 23 points, so with her out for the season due to injury, everyone else knew they had to step up if they were going to beat their rivals for a third time Tuesday night. Alena Fusetti led the...
Montour out of PIHL playoffs after ineligible player controversy
It looked like the Montour hockey team was in great position to make the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League Penguins Cup playoffs two weeks ago. The Spartans were 16-4 and in second place in the Class A Gold Division. But PIHL officials were alerted via a social media post that the...
Westmoreland high school wrestling notebook: Latrobe’s Roth looks for trip to Hershey
Latrobe senior Nate Roth might be the best wrestler in the WPIAL not to qualify for the PIAA individual championships. An unfortunate set of circumstances — injuries and a questionable slam in 2021 — have kept him from a trip to Hershey. Roth gets one final shot at wrestling in...
WPIAL Individual Wrestling Rankings: March 1, 2023
Individual Rankings Class 3A 107: 1. Santino Sloboda, Butler (34-0); 2. Tanner Mizenko, Canon-McMillan (34-8); 3. Nico Kapusta, Hempfield (24-9); 4. Gus Stedeford, North Allegheny (25-10); 5. Owen Campbell, Plum (29-5); 6. Dylan Barrett, Penn-Trafford (28-12). 114: 1. Luke Willochell, Latrobe (30-2); 2. Connor Smith, Seneca Valley (26-6); 3. Ty...
Westmoreland WPIAL basketball playoff capsules: Games for March 1, 2023
WPIAL basketball playoffs Girls Class 6A Consolation round Third-place game Norwin (20-4) vs. Mt. Lebanon (17-7) 7 p.m. Wednesday, Norwin High School, North Huntingdon Winner: Clinches third place in the WPIAL for the PIAA playoffs. The loser goes into the state bracket as the fourth seed. Players to watch: Ava...
A-K Valley WPIAL basketball playoff capsules: Games for March 1, 2023
WPIAL basketball playoffs Boys Class 4A Third-place consolation 5-Highlands (21-4) at 2-Laurel Highlands (21-3) 7 p.m. Wednesday at Laurel Highlands High School, Uniontown Winner plays: District 9 champion in PIAA first round March 11 (site/time TBD) Loser plays: District 5 or 6 champion in PIAA first round March 11 (site/time...
Pittsburgh Interscholastic Fencing Association playoffs set
The Pittsburgh Interscholastic Fencing Association concluded regular-season play Friday, and the final qualifiers and seeding for Friday’s league playoffs at Allderdice were determined. The top four boys and girls teams earned playoff spots. The Shady Side Academy girls completed the regular season undefeated (7-0) with a 6-3 win over Pine-Richland....
Westmoreland County high school basketball notebook: Future bright for Norwin girls
Their loss was less than 20 minutes old and the Norwin girls basketball team was already refocusing on the next game, the next challenge, the next tournament. “This was a good learning experience for our girls,” Norwin coach Brian Brozeski said. “It was a learning experience for me, too. I’m...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 27, 2023
High schools WPIAL playoffs Boys Class 6A Tuesday’s schedule Semifinals New Castle (21-2) vs. Mt. Lebanon (16-7) at North Allegheny, 8 p.m.; Upper St. Clair (15-8) vs. Central Catholic (14-9) at Peters Township, 8 p.m. Class 5A Tuesday’s schedule Third-place game Gateway (17-6) at North Hills (19-6), 7 p.m. Fifth-place...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 28, 2023: Class 6A boys to battle for spot in finals
We close out the month of February with the final night of WPIAL semifinals basketball. Fifteen years ago, Central Catholic won its first and only WPIAL basketball championship, beating Moon in the Class 4A finals, 55-54. The Vikings are two wins from a second district crown after escaping the quarterfinals...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for Feb. 27, 2023
All high school basketball coaches preach the importance of a fast start. Well, the Woodland Hills girls basketball team is taking the turtle and the hare story to heart and proving that a strong finishing kick is better than a terrific start. The Wolverines started this season with a 1-5...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for Feb. 27, 2023
A year ago, the South Fayette girls basketball team was the No. 2 seed and stunned top seed and favored Chartiers Valley in the WPIAL championship game. This year, the Lions have been on top of the rankings all year and are the team to beat in the Class 5A...
